PUBLISHED: 21 Aug 2024 at 07: 12
Late this month, the Thailand Consumers Council (TCC ) and its Asean Plus Three rivals may hold a conference to discuss ways to protect people in the online business after it was discovered that Thais lost 65 billion baht annually to internet scammers over the past three years.
On Tuesday, TCC Secretary-General Saree Aongsomwang announced that the TCC would coordinate with the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations and the Indonesian Consumers Foundation to organize the Asean 3 Conference Thailand 2024 on the subject of” Consumer Protection in the Digital Economy and AI.”
The celebration will be the first Asean meeting on the subject and will be attended by consumer protection organizations from Asean, comprising Cambodia, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand and the and three places– South Korea, China ( including Hong Kong ) and Japan.
In an effort to protect consumers using e-commerce and artificial intelligence ( AI ) platforms, the conference aims to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and information between Asean 3 consumer protection organizations and foster partnerships between them and related private and public organizations in Thailand. The Bangkok Hotel Amari Don Muang Airport did host the event on August 29 and 30.
Ms. Saree claimed that the rapidly expanding modern economy and AI are important for innovation and people’s daily lives, but also pose a number of risks to users.
According to her, Thai people have lost 65 billion baht yearly, or 180 million baht normal, to internet fraudsters over the past three years.
According to TCC data, 1, 386 modern scams took place in the first half of this year, a large proportion of them on well-known online platforms like Facebook, Lazada, and Line.
” The future seminar… will be another one of our resources for finding prospects to provide better protection for users”, Ms Saree said.